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Introduction:
Messianic Psalm
Some of the verses pertain only to the writer
Some of the verses pertain only to the Messiah
Some of the verses are both
Charles Spurgeon introduction to this Psalm
This is beyond all others THE PSALM OF THE CROSS.
It may have been actually repeated word by word by our Lord when hanging on the tree; it would be too bold to say that it was so, but even a casual reader may see that it might have been.
It begins with, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" and ends, according to some, in the original with "It is finished."
For plaintive expressions uprising from unutterable depths of woe we may say of this psalm, "there is none like it."
It is the photograph of our Lord's saddest hours, the record of his dying words, the lachrymatory of his last tears, the memorial of his expiring joys.
David and his afflictions may be here in a very modified sense, but, as the star is concealed by the light of the sun, he who sees Jesus will probably neither see nor care to see David.
Before us we have a description both of the darkness and of the glory of the cross, the sufferings of Christ and the glory which shall follow.
Oh for grace to draw near and see this great sight!
We should read reverently, putting off our shoes from off our feet, as Moses did at the burning bush, for if there be holy ground anywhere in Scripture it is in this psalm.
—Charles Spurgeon
Jesus was forsaken
God’s silence causes us
Jesus experienced the silence of the Father
When we experience the silence of God it does not mean He is absent or has forsaken us
God showed in the beginning He refused to forsake us
Genesis 3:
God had already planned a way to restore us back into a relationship with Him that could never be broken
Jesus’ suffering on the cross assures those who believe Christ was dying in their deserved place will never be forsaken by God
Matthew 27:45-4
Jesus understood that His Father was the mighty God
God’s silence does not mean He is absent
Looking to the mighty God with no doubt
a title of the true God, with a focus on the might and power of God
“...he keeps his hold upon his God with both hands and cries twice,”
Jesus was forsaken so that we would not
Reach out to the mighty God with full trust
Reach out even when you’re too weak to mouth thee words
Jesus’ death assures us we will never be forsaken by God
John 10:29
John 10:28-30
Jesus’ example is to be
Jesus was persistent in His prayers to the Father
Around the clock prayer
Persistent prayer
Jesus’ trust in the Father’s power was not diminished
God is holy and worthy to be praised
God can be trusted (3x) cry to Him
God is able to deliver and not disappoint
Jesus was scorned
Jesus was disrespected by His peers
Scorn strips one’s self-worth
Jesus focused on His relationship with His Father
Jesus faced unimaginable suffering 18
Jesus was bullied
The bullying of the trials
The pain of the crucifixion
Jesus endured it through His Father
Jesus reigns forever
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